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Disappearing art of Rajastan- Pabuji ki Phad

Pabuji ki phad is a religious scroll painting used for a musical version of the only surviving traditional folk art and this painting represents the deities of folk. The phad painting in the world of the epic of pabuji the Rajput Rathod chief. The phad is also spelled as ‘par'. The place of Rajasthan is where mainly this is practiced. The translation of pabuji ki phad is the screen of pabuji or O read of pabuji, who is an ascetic deity of a sand wasteland. History and Origin Shahpura, near Bhilwara, Rajasthan is the origin of phad painting. The phad painting is created as a traveling or mobile temple, which is carried by priests. Singers of rabari tribes called Bhopas and Bhopis sing and perform stories of local deities and pabuji. The phad painting should not be rolled or folded after sunset. While the performance in front of the village members would last whole the night. This is the reason behind the paintings are called phad, which means fold in the loca...